“Goldenloch”
January- 13th– 2019, Week 2
Second week in 2019 and the weather this past week has been pretty normal for this time of year, really cold mornings, warming quickly as the sun rises and by mid afternoon as the sun sets, cold air just flies back, in the water just now, what are the fish finding to forage on, it is small shelled Molluscs, things like winkles, limpets and Ramshorn snails which are in abundance, also some conical shells like bladder and pond snails are great feeding, but here a discovery made earlier in the year was that we had at the “Goldenloch” Freshwater Mussels {Short-ended Pea Mussel – Pisidium subtruncatum. Pisidium subtruncatum it is a minute freshwater bivalve. Freshwater habitats, especially in larger, richer areas. All year round. Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain. Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.} This is pretty unique and rare find in Scotland, although I am sure many other places may have it as well, but it was first spotted by Allan Hyndman, a regular angler here, Allan is a keen and through person, a botanist to trade, he sees things that others don’t, I mentioned his find as reported in my fishing blog, it was spotted by a lecturer who teaches Aquaculture at an English University, he recently visited to see for himself, it would seem that yes we have some largish Mussel Beds, that they rely on trout to graze, so as to fertilise and make the beds grow, the mussels themselves provide 5 star grub in the form of calcium and protein, finding enough food in the water for fish to survive and thrive on is normally difficult, but with what we have here it would seem that these molluscs along with leeches, hatching larvae and bloodworms is what’s making the winter fishing work well just now, This past week has seen some great fishing, hard fighting fish, Rod Thaw 6, E Gibson 7, George Murphy 12, B Davis 9, Stephen Smart 2, George Duff 6, Dan Peach 5, Brian Stewart 4, A Cuthbert 5, A Drummond 6, Leslie Mitchell 3, others catching on average 3 fish, what is the most interesting fact is that most of the fish being caught is from the bank/jetties Rod Anderson caught and lost a rather large fish that straightened his hook, all because someone was a wee bit aggressive with the net his dad and the vocabulary could be heard in Cupar, however both went on to catch 7 between them on a very windy day.
Our remit since 1986 is that fishing the “Goldenloch” is a day out, a day when a hobby becomes a pleasure, anglers come to relax and enjoy the atmosphere, no interruptions nor unwanted background noise, quality fish in pleasant surroundings, abundant wildlife, Finest hard fighting, top quality fish guaranteed, boat or bank you decide. Phone 01337840355 or 07968006367 ask for John or look up Postcode KY14 6HZ